coming lead shortage

[Billnpatti]

That sure makes me glad that I have a couple hundred pounds in storage. My son works for a medical center and I have hopes of one day scoring on some lead shielding from X-ray rooms when and if any are remodeled. If I score on another hundred pounds or so from the medical center, I'll be thinking of you as I melt it and cast ingots. :blah: :haha:

 

[satx78247]

All of you should look into "lead mining"!

My 2 "brothers-of-the-heart" and I have been "mining" at the county police range & we now have about a 55-gal drum full of "expended projectiles", which when re-smelted & cast into balls/bullets, should outlast all of us.
("The little brother" is a reserve deputy sheriff & the sheriff, when asked about "mining" said, "Knock yourself out".)

As a friend of ours says, "Those who ask not, neither do they receive."

yours, satx

 

[Sunkmanitu Tanka]

I have a friend that is in demolition of old houses (Holland and Belgium) ... in many of those a lot of old lead pipes are to be found. A nice source of lead is also found in old stained glass paines/windows... If you can find someone who restores/makes such windows, all the scraps are of very soft lead! And of course: scrounging the backstops of your local gunclub...

 

[satx78247]

YEP.

yours, satx

 

[jamesthomas]

I'm working on hitting the 200lb. mark. So far its 91 pounds in ingots with 15lbs. of old plumbers and about 16lbs. of stick-on weights from the tire shop(cleaned him out!) yet to too be melted down.

 

[Darto]

I think Canute (above) has a plan I gotta try ! :thumbsup: